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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">October is Funding for Arts Month at the Foundation Center-Cleveland!<BR>
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Free Events:<BR>
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Wednesday, October 7:<BR>
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**Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts**<BR>
10:00am-12:00pm.<BR>
For you if you are an individual involved in the arts and looking for funding to complete a project, mount an exhibition, put on a performance, conduct research, or anything else arts-related. At the Akron-Summit County Public Library.<BR>
</FONT><A HREF="file:///redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffoundationcenter%2Eorg%2Fcleveland%2Ftraining%2Findivartsclakron%2Ehtml&urlhash=Sk4U&_t=disc_detail_link"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://foundationcenter.org/cleveland/training/indivartsclakron.html</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
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**Resource Market for the Creative Community**<BR>
4:00-6:00pm.<BR>
Learn about funding and meet representatives of organizations that provide valuable professional services and other growth opportunities for artists, filmmakers, and other individuals working in the creative community.<BR>
</FONT><A HREF="file:///redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffoundationcenter%2Eorg%2Fcleveland%2Ftraining%2Fartsresourcemarketcleveland%2Ehtml&urlhash=4OSb&_t=disc_detail_link"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://foundationcenter.org/cleveland/training/artsresourcemarketcleveland.html</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
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**"I Got Funded" Artist Panel**<BR>
6:15-7:30pm.<BR>
Meet and learn from several artists who have applied for and received grants, fellowships, awards, and prizes.<BR>
</FONT><A HREF="file:///redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffoundationcenter%2Eorg%2Fcleveland%2Ftraining%2Figotfunded%2Ehtml&urlhash=KkRK&_t=disc_detail_link"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://foundationcenter.org/cleveland/training/igotfunded.html</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"><BR>
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View all Funding for Arts Month events at the Foundation Center-Cleveland: </FONT><A HREF="file:///redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ffoundationcenter%2Eorg%2Fcleveland%2Fcalendar_10%2Ehtml&urlhash=Mggs&_t=disc_detail_link"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://foundationcenter.org/cleveland/calendar_10.html</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Tell your friends!<BR>
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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">About the Foundation Center:<BR>
Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 550 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Its audiences include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants; issues a wide variety of print, electronic, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers an array of free and affordable educational programs.</FONT><BR>
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<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">Cynthia L. Bailie</FONT></B>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">Director, Cleveland Office and Special Online Initiatives</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">The Foundation Center</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1600</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">Cleveland, Ohio 44115</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">(216) 861-1933 x321</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana"> e: </FONT><A HREF="mailto:cgb@foundationcenter.org"><U><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">cgb@foundationcenter.org</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana"> w:<U> </U></FONT><A HREF="http://www.foundationcenter.org/cleveland"><U><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">www.foundationcenter.org/cleveland</FONT></U><U></U></A><U></U><U></U><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana"></FONT></U>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">Boost your grantseeking performance at our classes & events:</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.foundationcenter.org/cleveland/cl_calendar.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#687BA0" SIZE=1 FACE="Verdana">www.foundationcenter.org/cleveland/cl_calendar.html</FONT></U></A>
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